About HOPEGIVERS OUTREACH
Because no one should walk the caregiving journey alone.
HOPEGIVERS is a ministry outreach of Fresh Hope Ministries created to walk alongside caregivers, seniors, individuals, and families through companionship, encouragement, faith-based presence, and community support.
Born from lived experience, HOPEGIVERS was inspired through years of caregiving, compassion, and a growing awareness that caregivers often carry tremendous responsibilities while receiving very little support themselves.
At HOPEGIVERS, we believe that care is more than tasks… care is presence.
Our heart is to bring hope, encouragement, and meaningful connection into the homes and lives of those navigating the caregiving journey.
Whether through companion visits, caregiver encouragement, prayer, community gatherings, or our 3 Hours of Hopecaregiver relief outreach, our mission is simple:
To remind caregivers and families that they are not alone.
Our Promise
At HOPEGIVERS, we are committed to offering compassionate companionship, encouragement, dignity, and hope.
We are not a licensed home care agency and do not provide medical or hands-on personal care services.
HOPEGIVERS exists as a community outreach and support ministry dedicated to bringing hope into the homes of those who need it most.
Because no one should walk the caregiving journey alone.
My Caregiver Story
The Heart Behind HOPEGIVERS Outreach
On the beautiful morning of September 21, 2017, our lives changed forever.
I was enjoying a rare day off from my work as Founder and Director of Fresh Hope Ministries when I received a phone call that would alter everything.
My sweetheart, Paul, had fallen 48 feet from a window.
He was alive… but barely.
The drive from Palm Coast to Jacksonville was the most painful and desperate journey of my life. I pleaded the blood of Jesus over him the entire way, declaring that he would live and not die.
By God’s grace, he survived.
But life as we knew it was gone.
Paul suffered devastating injuries and spent weeks in ICU and rehabilitation. Overnight, I became not only his wife, but his advocate, caregiver, decision-maker, encourager, and support system.
The strong man I had leaned on became the one who now leaned on me.
For more than eight years, our home has been filled with caregivers, medical teams, therapists, social workers, and countless appointments. We lost privacy. We lost normalcy. We walked through grief, exhaustion, isolation, uncertainty, and seasons that tested every part of me.
Caregiving can be beautiful.
Caregiving can also be lonely.
There were moments of deep weariness, sadness, spiritual dryness, and feeling unseen.
Yet through it all…
God never left us.
He sustained us every step of the journey.
And out of this sacred and difficult season, HOPEGIVERS Outreach was born.
Because I know what it feels like to carry the weight.
I know what it means to need encouragement.
I know the ache of isolation.
And I know that caregivers need care too.
HOPEGIVERS Outreach was created to walk alongside caregivers through companionship, encouragement, faith-based presence, and community support…
Because no one should walk the caregiving journey alone.
And through every season…
Paul remains my greatest love, my precious husband, and my everything. ❤️
Paul and Donna Sallee’
WHAT WE OFFER
Companion Care
Presence-centered companionship and support through meaningful connection, conversation, encouragement, and caring presence.
Caregiver Encouragement
Support, resources, prayer, and community for those carrying the sacred work of caregiving.
Faith-Based Presence
Prayer, encouragement, spiritual companionship, and hope.
The CareGivers Table
Gatherings where caregivers are poured back into through connection, encouragement, and fellowship.
3 Hours of Hope
A complimentary caregiver relief outreach providing up to three hours of companion presence so caregivers can rest, attend appointments, run errands, or simply breathe.
In-Home Caregiver Service Request Form
Let us come alongside you with compassionate care and support.
A Fresh Hope Ministries Outreach
HOPEGIVERS
Companion Volunteer Application
Because no one should walk the caregiving journey alone.
Thank you for your heart to serve. HOPEGIVERS Companions bring compassion, presence, encouragement, and hope to caregivers and their loved ones through companionship, faith-based presence, and community support.
You are not just volunteering… you are bringing HOPE into someone’s home.